February in Pakistan is Literary Festival Month, with the Karachi Literature Festival held at the beginning and the Lahore Literary Festival at the end. 125,000 people attended the festival in Karachi — I launched my novel A Season For Martyrs there — and 75,000 attended in Lahore. A friendly rivalry has developed between both festivals, . . . → Read More: Terror threats fail to stop literary festivals in Pakistan

The Karachi Literature Festival 2015 continued for three days with over 80 sessions and several book launches of authors like Musadiq Sanwal, Nayantara Saghal and Arif Hasan among others. Important topics were discussed ranging from politics and art to television and psychology with an esteemed panel of personalities which comprised many new faces from India . . . → Read More: Something for everyone in Karachi Literature Festival

We were glad that Vox decided to publish the cartoons of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Though their portrayal of Islam and the Prophet Mohammed has offended many Muslims, they are an important part of the story and readers have a right to see them. We were also glad that we covered the cartoons critically . . . → Read More: The danger in critiquing Islamophobia

Dangerous tensions between archrivals India and Pakistan have ratcheted up again along the de facto border dividing Kashmir, reigniting the deadly decades-old dispute that has twice brought the two nuclear-armed nations to war.

From under-trial Pervez Musharraf’s hospitalization at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology on Jan. 2 to the attempt on news anchor Hamid Mir’s life on April 19 to the launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb in mid-June to the attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School on Dec. 16, the year . . . → Read More: Pak COAS becomes NEWSWEEK Pakistan’s man of the year

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Tuesday the Pakistan state had not directed the attacks on Mumbai, but urged Islamabad to fulfil its promise to root out “militant groups”. India hoped that Pakistan would hand over the “fugitives of Indian law”, notwithstanding Islamabad’s refusal to do so, and asked the world community to build pressure . . . → Read More: Pakistani state’s involvement in Mumbai terror attack untrue – UK

Staff at the capital’s Lal Masjid found themselves in an unexpected situation on Thursday evening when a large number of civil society activists, politicians and students arrived at the mosque chanting slogans against the chief cleric and lighting candles as part of a vigil.

Activists of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N confronted each other here on Sunday as the textile city braced itself for a tense Monday declared by the former as the venue for launching its ‘Plan C’ protests against alleged vote fraud.